Posted on 09/26/2017 10:23:44 PM PDT by TigerClaws
The Patriots took different approaches as the National Anthem played on Sunday at Gillette Stadium. Many, including safety and captain Devin McCourty, took a knee. Others stood and linked arms.
A league source has told CSN's Gary Tanguay that every Patriots player will stand for the anthem prior to Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers.
Patriots captain Devin McCourty explained that Saturday was an emotional day for him and his teammates as they tried to determine how best to react to Trump's comments, which referred to players kneeling during the anthem as "sons of bitches" who should lose their jobs.
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Matt Light: Better ways to protest than kneeling during national anthem McCourty explains what went into decision for Patriots to kneel during anthem Troy Brown and Dan Koppen react to Matt Light comments on protest "We were obviously very conflicted," he said. "We knew our message would be perceived by a lot of people in a way that wasn’t what we were trying to put out. A lot of guys felt, I mean, all over the place about the comments by the President Friday night. As a leader on the team, a lot of guys came to me and they didn’t know what to do. They just were kind of angry.
"It was good Saturday. We all kind of talked as a group of releasing that anger and not being angry. We were in chapel and a lot of guys talked about that in our faith, God is first. We wanted to come together."
Sadly, I fear you are right.
Apparently no amount of money is going to make things right. I have read that Africans who move to America are astonished at the ... luxury? ... their former compatriots enjoy.
Anyway, feeling under the weather and have to get to bed/
But I have one last thing to say:
Reparations! LOL! (If you haven''t seen it, please check out the episode of King of Queens where Doug (Kevin James) becomes jealous because his best friend Deacon, who is black, makes friends with another black guy. It is pretty funny. :) The whole series is funny! :) All the best, FRiend. Julie ")
Jerry Jones and Robert Kraft shocked me..man, talk about tone deaf..its gotta be sinking in what they did...astonishing stupidity, just to “Prove im not a racist”...i hope it all crashes and burns
i honestly think that Trump..if he wanted too, could just keep trolling them the next few weeks, and could basically destroy that league, they are so blinded by hate....Lebron James and that Popovich guy from the NBA are having mini strokes...the media etc have never seen anything like President Donald Trump...takes down CNN and the NFL in less than a year...would that be hilarious or what!
No shit
I hope college ball doesn’t follow suit
800 bucks in Florida LSU tickets wasted if so
I lost interest in the pros years ago
I detest urban black culture and bitched white boyz
It’s hard to watch
Haven’t watched NBA since Julius Irving and Dawkins
That would be great.
Why should these teams enjoy tax-exempt status? Why did we the taxpayers have to give our hard-earned money to build their stadiums? I hope he does finish them off.
The citizenry can then concentrate on helping to flush out the communists who endanger us, our families, our pocketbooks, and our childrens’ future.
It will “take a village” to clean out and clean up our country, and make it great again.
Ben Rothslenburger is freaking out..says he cant sleep at night now..lol....Trump did one of the all time ju jitsus in history..now, they either stop it and Trump declares victory..or, they get more pissed, and just dig their graves deeper....the choice is yours gentlemen...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
if this continues... ill bet anybody money that Bill Bellichek tells them to go to hell and retires...just a feeling.
Would be hilarious to see Trump keep trolling them - the owners would go crazy - maybe he will do it !!!
Trump will go down in history as having the best political gut unstincs. He’s got his pulse on current events. And knows how to play that game to win. And it’s the same routine. Media goes ballistic and claims he stepped in it and then he wins. And laughs.
Ignorance is helping your enemy. The left was always the enemy of football. The right celebrated football till the protests began. Football chose to turn left. Pure ignorance to help your enemy destroy you but that is what football did.
FUOSERS
I love how he does a drive by troll tweet to blow up the NFL offices and the entire sports world. And two minutes later he tweets that he’s off the United Nations for a meeting with some heads of state. Or like after trolling them all weekend he tweets the White House looks so beautiful at night. To jab all those he tweaked all weekend that he’s not just a world class troller, he’s the potus. It drives the left insane.
Keep throttling the sobs. Boycott the games and their sponsors.
he is such a “boss”...im enjoying the hell out of this...best vote i ever cast. Just think hes great.
gotta get those stadiums empty..plus, smash the “prime time” game ratings...thats where they make their money...
he had a great opening when the Emmys were on...surprised he passed on it....Alec Baldwin was ragging about Trump not winning an Emmy...he should have shot back “..keep yer lil trophy, i won something a little bigger last November”..AHAHAHAHAH..that would have been choice.
Absolutely. And hit their sponsors. They should all be standing in Subways begging fir a dime from us.
Re the Patriots sponsoring LGBT football group “Gay Bowl”.
I sure as hell don’t want to be the Center on those teams. No telling what the quarterback might grab, and it doesn’t just have to be the ball(s).
Day late and a dollar short.
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